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An Intelligent Model to Asses Organizati<strong>on</strong>al Maturity for<br />

Implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>Knowledge</strong> Management<br />

Kamaladdin Rahmani Youshanloui 1 , Farhad Daneshgar 2 , Nima Sarabi 3 ,<br />

Hossein Rahmany Youshanlouei 4 and Mohammad Mirkazemi Mood 3<br />

1<br />

Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Industrial Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University,<br />

Tabriz, Iran<br />

2<br />

University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia<br />

3<br />

University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tehran, Tehran, Iran<br />

4<br />

Young Researchers Club, Salmas Branch, Islamic Azad University Salmas ,<br />

Iran & University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tehran, Tehran, Iran<br />

kamaladin.rahmani@gmail.com<br />

rahmani82@gmail.com<br />

f.daneshgar@unsw.edu.au<br />

nimasarabi@yahoo.com<br />

mohamad_mirkazemi@yahoo.com<br />

Abstract: Successful knowledge management implementati<strong>on</strong> requires identificati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> key success factors<br />

as well as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relati<strong>on</strong>ship between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se factors. The key success factors <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> KM can be classified by<br />

characteristics, situati<strong>on</strong>s and variables. This paper aims to develop intelligent models using fuzzy tools for<br />

determinati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relati<strong>on</strong>ships between different key success factors in knowledge management<br />

implementati<strong>on</strong>. To develop <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> proposed intelligent model, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> current literature was reviewed in order to identify<br />

existing factors. The Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) method was <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n utilized to specify <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> cause and effect<br />

relati<strong>on</strong>ships between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se factors. Under <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> FCM method, individuals’ experience is integrated with existing<br />

knowledge, and based <strong>on</strong> that, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> cause and effect relati<strong>on</strong>ships between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> factors are identified. We argue<br />

that our proposed model can be used for exploring ways for enhanced implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> KM systems.The<br />

methodology developed uses four matrices to represent <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> results that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> methodology provides in each <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

its stages. These are Initial Matrix <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Factors (IMF), Fuzzified Matrix <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Factors (FZMF), Strength <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Relati<strong>on</strong>ships<br />

Matrix <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Factors (SRMF) and Final Matrix <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Factors (FMF). The results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this approach can help to identify <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

most important factors to more attenti<strong>on</strong> and thus investment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> organizati<strong>on</strong> to enhance implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> KM systems.<br />

Keywords: knowledge management, critical success factors, fuzzy cognitive maps<br />

1. Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />

Lack <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> proper mechanisms for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> knowledge management (KM) has made <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

managers to c<strong>on</strong>sider this type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> investment as <strong>on</strong>ly an additi<strong>on</strong>al cost. Thus, organizati<strong>on</strong>s should<br />

provide <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir members with envir<strong>on</strong>ments in which <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y can share, transfer and compare <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir<br />

knowledge. They should also educate <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir members to signify <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir interacti<strong>on</strong>s with <strong>on</strong>e ano<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r and<br />

also try to prepare <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> basic infrastructures and identify <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> underlying c<strong>on</strong>cepts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> process <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> KM<br />

implementati<strong>on</strong>. By identifying <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se factors and determining <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> type and amount <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> influence<br />

that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se factors exert <strong>on</strong> each o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> organizati<strong>on</strong> can focus <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most important <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se<br />

factors and increase <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> chances <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> successful implementati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> KM projects. On <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r hand, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

amount <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> influence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se factors is almost always stated in imprecise and qualitative terms,<br />

knowing that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> qualitative values to quantitative <strong>on</strong>es is a complicated process<br />

(Xirogiannis 2007). One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ways we can use to c<strong>on</strong>vert <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se qualitative values into quantitative<br />

<strong>on</strong>es is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Fuzzy Logic. For this purpose, this paper will use <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> FCM method. FCM is a directed<br />

graphical chart whose aim is to display <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> cause and effect relati<strong>on</strong>ships am<strong>on</strong>g factors in a way that<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relati<strong>on</strong>ship between each pair <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> numerical models is defined in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> range [1, -1] (Kandasamy<br />

and Florentin 2003).<br />

2. Literature review<br />

2.1 <strong>Knowledge</strong> Management<br />

Since KM has been investigated and studied through different approaches and many definiti<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> it<br />

have been presented, it's difficult to find a definiti<strong>on</strong> about which <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re will be a global c<strong>on</strong>sensus.<br />

Davenport believes that "knowledge management is an effort to discover latent knowledge in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

minds <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> people and turn this hidden treasure to organizati<strong>on</strong>al assets so that a wide range <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> people,<br />

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